One of the most beautiful places in Canada is currently burning as wildfires rip through a normally serene town and national park. Jasper National Park officials said the fire entered the southern edge of the community on Wednesday evening and crews were battling multiple structural fires and working to protect key infrastructure. There were significant losses in some areas, they said, as Alberta’s premier fought back tears during a press conference about the blaze.
Danielle Smith said: ‘The feelings of loss and fear and loneliness must be overwhelming. We share the sense of loss with all of those who live in the town, who care for it, and who have helped build it.’ Forest firefighters and others without self-contained breathing apparatus were told to evacuate to the nearby town of Hinton, with structural firefighters staying behind.
Parks Canada spokesperson James Eastham told reporters outside Jasper that the town is filled with smoke and there ‘has been structural loss’. He said: ‘At this point I can’t confirm how many locations or specific structures. The fire continues to burn.
’ Parks Canada said firefighters are working to save ‘as many structures as possible and to protect critical infrastructure, including the wastewater treatment plant, communications facilities, the Trans Mountain Pipeline and others’. A few hours earlier, many first responders were ordered out of Jasper National Park for their safety. Jasper is being threatened by fires from the.